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I Will Laugh at Famine ( by Fenny West)
I Will Laugh at Famine
I will laugh at famine
I will laugh at dearth
I will laugh at debt
I will laugh at lack
I will laugh at penury
I will laugh at poverty
I will laugh at bankruptcy
I will laugh at repossession
I will laugh at going bust
I will laugh at barely-getting-along
I will laugh at recession
I will laugh at depression
I will laugh ta inflation
I will laugh at cash-flow problems
I will laugh at take-over bids
I will laugh at crop failure
I will laugh at borrowing
14 And Abraham called the name of the place, The-LORD-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the LORD it shall be provided.” Gen22:14
19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied
25 I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread. . Ps37:19,25
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the LORD Forever.
Ps23:5-6Genesis 13: Abram Inherits Canaan
1 Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, to the South.
2 Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.Genesis 26: Isaac and Abimelech
1 There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar.
2 Then the LORD appeared to him and said: “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you.
3 Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
4 And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;
5 because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
6 So Isaac dwelt in Gerar.
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the LORD blessed him.
13 The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous;
14 for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him.25 When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away their spoil, they found among them an abundance of valuables on the dead bodies, and precious jewelry, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away; and they were three days gathering the spoil because there was so much.
2Chro20:258 ‘The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,’ says the LORD of hosts.
Hag2:8
Do Not Rob God
8 ” Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘ In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.
9 You are cursed with a curse, For you have robbed Me, Even this whole nation.
10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the LORD of hosts, ” If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.
11 ” And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” Says the LORD of hosts;
12 And all nations will call you blessed, For you will be a delightful land,” Says the LORD of hosts.6 ” You have sown much, and bring in little; You eat, but do not have enough; You drink, but you are not filled with drink; You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; And he who earns wages, Earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”Hag1:6
9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich. 2Cor8:9
The Cheerful Giver
6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.
9 As it is written: ” He has dispersed abroad, He has given to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.”
10 Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness,2Cor9:6-1018 Indeed I have all and abound. I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things sent from you, a sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God.
19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.Phil4:18-19
38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.” Luke6:38
10 And the LORD restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
11 Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been his acquaintances before, came to him and ate food with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and each a ring of gold.
12 Now the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.
13 He also had seven sons and three daughters.
Psalms 1: Book One: Psalms 1 — 41 The Way of the Righteous and the End of the Ungodly
1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night.
3 He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.
Psalms 23: The LORD the Shepherd of His People A Psalm of David.
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
God Gives and Gives (C.H. Spurgeon)
Charles H. Spurgeon
“They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house.”
Psalm 36:8
Sheba’s queen was amazed at the sumptuousness of Solomon’s table. She lost all heart when she saw the provision of a single day; and she marvelled equally at the company of servants who were feasted at the royal board. But what is this to the hospitalities of the God of grace? Ten thousand thousand of his people are daily fed; hungry and thirsty, they bring large appetites with them to the banquet, but not one of them returns unsatisfied; there is enough for each, enough for all, enough for evermore.
Though the host that feed at Jehovah’s table is countless as the stars of heaven, yet each one has his portion of meat. Think how much grace one saint requires, so much that nothing but the Infinite could supply him for one day; and yet the Lord spreads his table, not for one, but many saints, not for one day, but for many years; not for many years only, but for generation after generation. Observe the full feasting spoken of in the text, the guests at mercy’s banquet are satisfied, nay, more “abundantly satisfied;” and that not with ordinary fare, but with fatness, the peculiar fatness of God’s own house; and such feasting is guaranteed by a faithful promise to all those children of men who put their trust under the shadow of Jehovah’s wings.
I once thought if I might but get the broken meat at God’s back door of grace I should be satisfied; like the woman who said, “The dogs eat of the crumbs that fall from the master’s table;” but no child of God is ever served with scraps and leavings; like Mephibosheth, they all eat from the king’s own table. In matters of grace, we all have Benjamin’s mess—we all have ten times more than we could have expected, and though our necessities are great, yet are we often amazed at the marvellous plenty of grace which God gives us experimentally to enjoy.
God Will Provide ( by Fenny West)
God will provide
Because He presides
He will supply
And will not deny.
The Shepherd will guide
In the Ocean wide
To my green pasture
His leading is sure.
Amidst the famine
I will keep farming
Continue my sowing
Without borrowing.
He owns the earth
In all its fullness
He’ll avert the dearth
In His faithfulness.
Genesis 26: Isaac and Abimelech
1 There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar. 2 Then the LORD appeared to him and said: “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you. 3 Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. 6 So Isaac dwelt in Gerar 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the LORD blessed him. Gen26:1-3,6,12
©Fenny West2013
He Presides and Provides ( by Fenny West)
He Presides and Provides
He presides
And will provide
Mo matter what betide.
So, on the storm I ride
Under the Rock I hide
As my time I bide.
He presides
And will provide
In His word I abide.
Let the sea roar
And the mountain soar
He won the war.
He is the Helper
And my Provider,
Alpha and Omega.
He is El Shaddai
Rock Higher Than I
Apple of my Eyes.
He’s more than enough
Even when it’s rough.
He presides
And will provide
No matter what betide.
So, on the storm I ride
Because in the Rock I hide
As my time I bide.
He presides
And will provide
In His word I abide.
Let the sea roar
And the mountain soar
He won the war.
He is the Helper
And my Provider,
Alpha and Omega.
He is El Shaddai
Rock Higher Than I
Apple of my Eyes.
He’s more than enough
Even when it’s rough.
8 And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together. Gen.22:8
19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Phil4:19
Spiritual Warfare: Supply
Word for Today
Bob Gas
THREE LEVELS OF ATTACK (1)
‘…command that these stones become bread
.’ MATTHEW 4:3
The Bible says, ‘…Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil’ (Matthew 4:1 NKJV). This seems to be God’s standard operating procedure. Why? Because He’s a good general; before He puts you into battle He puts you into boot camp. Imagine it: you’re up at dawn, running for miles with a heavy backpack, crawling under barbed wire barriers with bullets whizzing over your head, taking orders from authority figures you don’t know and probably don’t like. But if you pass the test; you get to wear the uniform. On the threshold of His ministry, God led His Son into a situation where He would face three levels of attack. You will face them also. Let’s look at the first one: The attack over the bread. Did Jesus need bread? Yes, He’d been without food for forty days. But He knew that His greatest need was not for natural food but spiritual food. So He told satan, ‘…”Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God’ (Matthew 4:4 NKJV). Only when you’re convinced God will take care of all your material needs, will you start putting spiritual things first in your life. Until that happens, you’ll think you have to take care of yourself. As a result, you will walk in fear and not faith. That’s not how God wants you to live. ‘…seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you’ (Matthew 6:33 NKJV). When you worry, you don’t trust God. When you trust God, you don’t have to worry. The choice is yours.
Jevovah Jireh
WHERE’S YOUR FINANCIAL SECURITY?
‘…riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.’ PROVERBS 27:24
One large insurance company advertises itself as ‘the Rock,’ claiming to be the foundation of your financial security. Remember when we trusted these strap lines? Not anymore; it’s not the same world. Financial uncertainty characterises today’s world of failing banks, crumbling investment giants, shrinking multinational corporations, swelling queues of the under-employed and unemployed, plus an epidemic of fear plaguing the hearts of the currently-employed. For the young, the joy of graduation has become the stress of university debts and a shrinking job market. Many older people are trading in their retirement dreams for a new twenty- first century reality: ‘work till you drop.’ In such times, where can we turn? To politicians? To government? To the next get-rich-quick guru? The Bible says, ‘…riches do not endure forever, and a crown [human government] is not secure for all generations.’ (Proverbs 27:24 NIV) What’s the answer? Turn to the only reliable source of security: God! There’s no financial crisis in His kingdom! Israel hungered and thirsted and He sent them fresh manna, and water from the rock. He assigned ravens to feed Elijah, multiplied oil and flour to sustain a destitute widow’s family, fed thousands from a boy’s lunch of five loaves and two fish. And He asks us: ‘…is anything too difficult for Me?’ (Jeremiah 32:27 NAS). No! So: 1) Trust God to provide for you. 2) Do what He tells you to do. 3) Believe that God ‘will.’ ‘The lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field. You will have plenty…to feed you and your family…’ (Proverbs 27:26-27 NIV).
Forever Grateful
Forever Grateful
The going is good
Hotel is five star
Am out of the woods,
Covered in cotton wool,
Pampered, well-supplied;
Watched over, protected,
Served hand and foot.
What more do I want?
It’s honey moon
Five-course meal;
Spring water and all
At my beck and call.
The ravens come to serve
On divine assignment.
Let the music play!
I’ll have it no other way.
Then the drum beat changed.
The mood and tone turned sour.
For a drink, it was gull and vinegar.
For a pillow, it was a stone.
Bread became a stone.
Fish became a snake.
Mama’s countenance changed.
I complained but it was no use.
There was fire in her eyes.
I was tossed out of the nest,
Much to my dismay.
Why? Why? What have I done wrong?
I could not believe my eyes.
Was it a dream? No it was reality.
Was it a movie? No, it was my life at stake.
It was for real. It was no joke.
I was cascading down fast to my death,
Plummeting into the abyss,
Going down to the dust of death.
My heart raced a million miles
Facing premature death;
Facing concrete justice.
I gasped; my heart in my mouth.
I tried to cast out the demon
From her but to no avail.
I prayed against the madness
But mummy would not budge.
She set her face like a flint.
Therefore I said my last prayers
Resigned to die before I lived.
But just before I crashed to death
Mercy triumph over justice;
Something soft I felt underneath
It was just in time; in the nick of time
It was mama, right under me.
She carried me on her pinions
Back into the hotel half-destroyed.
I heaved a sigh of relief, praised the Lord;
Hope it will never happen again.
But I was so wrong.
Soon it happened again.
O, she was teaching me to reign.
She was passing some skills-
Skills for life that I will need.
It was training for reigning.
The penny dropped and I saw.
Revelation dawned. I was wiser.
It was painful but gainful.
Divine direction was dealt.
Then I went with the flow
Began to learn the lesson
Spread my wings to go
It took a while for the flow;
Very awkward at first.
But I was determined.
It became exciting
I had a thirst and quest.
Soon came the conquest;
I suddenly found my wings;
And I began to sing in the swing.
I could soar too, believe me!
I could mount up to surmount
And became a king of the sky.
Thank God for mummy;
So wise to train me
Put me through the mill
Cruel to be kind
So I could provide for my meal
And pass on the baton
Fend for myself and offspring;
That I may stand tall
Be a bread winner
Be a life winner
And not a quitter.
Forever grateful!
Forever thankful.
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The molten process of an eagle is not a pleasant one. However, as they go through it, they come back with a new coat and a second wind that is able to take them to a good finish. Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength. They will mount up with wings as the eagles….
Great trials bring great triumphs
This man(William Stanley) garnered 78 patents during his life time and left a legacy that is still a blessing long after he has gone.
You too will finish well
Prayer power comes with severe trials.
The greatest enemy of the gospel became its greatest champion. He suffered greatly also but through it came 13 best-sellers of all-time.
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See your Goliaths and giants as bread like David, Joshu and Caleb did and so they will be.
Live in the power of the Spirit
Keep your eyes on Jesus, not on your trials
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.
Isa43:2
Cast Your Cares on Him
Cast Your Cares on Him
C.H. Spurgeon
1 Peter 5:7
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